diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/goad.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/goad.hoon
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b043309be..0000000000
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/goad.hoon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/+  default-agent, verb
-%+  verb  |
-^-  agent:gall
-=>
-  |%
-  ++  goad
-    |=  force=?
-    :~  [%pass /gall %arvo %g %goad force ~]
-    ==
-  +$  state
-    $@  ~
-    [%0 ~]
-  --
-|_  =bowl:gall
-+*  this  .
-    def  ~(. (default-agent this %|) bowl)
-::
-++  on-poke
-  |=  [=mark =vase]
-  ?:  ?=([%noun * %go] +<)
-    [(goad |) this]
-  ?:  ?=([%noun * %force] +<)
-    [(goad &) this]
-  (on-poke:def mark vase)
-::
-++  on-arvo
-  |=  [wir=wire sin=sign-arvo]
-  ?+  wir  (on-arvo:def wir sin)
-    [%clay ~]  `this
-    [%behn ~]  `this  ::  backcompat
-  ==
-::
-++  on-agent  on-agent:def
-++  on-fail   on-fail:def
-++  on-init   on-init:def
-++  on-leave  on-leave:def
-++  on-load   
-  |=  =vase
-  =+  !<(old=state vase)
-  ?^  old  `this
-  [(goad &) this]
-::
-++  on-peek   on-peek:def
-++  on-save   !>([%0 ~])
-++  on-watch  on-watch:def
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